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https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Cincinnati,+OH/Burlington,+ON,+Canada/@41.1340371,-86.0692593,6z/data=!4m15!4m14!1m5!1m1!1s0x884051b1de3821f9:0x69fb7e8be4c09317!2m2!1d-84.5120196!2d39.1031182!1m5!1m1!1s0x882b63d2965d93b7:0xa44a27764c2b554f!2m2!1d-79.7990319!2d43.3255196!3e0!5i1?hl=en Here You Go. OOPS I'm still in Nova Scotia

I cannot really say as I have a criteria. I never follow weather reports because they cannot be trusted. I have had occasions were I did something else instead of going for a ride, because of predicted rain and lost out on a beautiful day and I have left on predicted sunny days and got caught in the rain. So now i go by own gut feel but mostly I just ride when I want to ride. Rain gear is always with me just in case. The only time I won't go on an all day ride, is if it is already raining and my gut tells me its going to stay that way all day. going to work I pretty much ride no matter what. But I do not have far to go so the odds of getting really soaked are pretty slim.

Exactly - I am away from home in Nova Scotia right now but when I get home I will post a pic.

Name of Restaurant Mother Webb's Steak House Street Address 4788 Highway 104 City Antigonish State or Province NS Website (Optional) www.motherwebbs.com/ Quality of Food Fantastic Quality of Service Fantastic Biker Friendly? (Parking, Trusted Location, Etc.) Yes Kind of Food? (Mexican, Chinese, etc.) Regular Alcohol Served? Yes Additional Comments Coming back from the Cabot Trail in Cape Breton N.S. we stopped at this place situated along the #104 Trans Canada Highway by Antigonish N.S. The food we had, specially my steak was done quickly and to perfection. The service was fast, friendly and curtious but not over bearing. From 1 to 10, I would give this place a solid 10.

That is more or less along the lines that I was thinking. I know in the old days when I used to tune twin sticks, I would put a 50 ohm dummy load in place of one antenna while tuning the other and then do the same for the other.

Hey Congratulations you two. Its easy to see how you made it. Everytime I have met the pair of you, you just seem to fit together.

Actually I ran into similar issue with my 89. I could transmit a short distance only about 100 feet but receive not to bad. I did however have to turn squelch right off to get any reception at all. I came across a 52 inch Wilson which had been removed from a truck traded in at the dealer were I work and thought I would try it to see if the taller antenna would make any improvement. Before mounting it I checked continuity from tip to base to make sure it was ok, because sometimes the wire antenna breaks away at the base. When I swapped it for the short Wilson on my bike I decided to check its continuity just to compare. You can imagine my surprise when I discovered it had an open connection between the tip and the base. And here in lies the mystery. How is it I could transmit at all, poor as it was and how is it I did not blow the finals in my CB. Only thing I can think of is because my antenna system is not a direct hook up to the radio but goes through a multiplexor, as the 1st gens do, it somehow compensated in some small way, Maybe some how using the coax lead to the am/fm radio as a substitute antenna . Oh yeah, after I installed the new antenna I had to adjust the squelch because I was picking up everything now and it transmits like a dream.

Not that I would recommend pushing the limit while pulling a trailer but if his trailer has a swival type hitch on it like mine does than you could literally lay the bike flat on the ground without any interference from the hitch. . Maybe even get air born long enough to do a barrel roll and land back on your wheels .....OK I'm getting off the mark now....As Yammer would say... I'll go crawl back in my corner now

Excuse my ignorance for asking but what is the Marshall mod and how does it differ from a basic CB installation were you get rid of the multiplexer and run separate antennas for CB and radio, by running one antenna and cable directly to the CB and another directly to the radio?

Amen to that ....But hey Just because you chose the wing... No reason to to let a little bantering drive you off .... Like it say's in the introduction all are welcome and the best part ....... None of us are perfect. Except for maybe Me but thats because I wear a halo But we are a fun and caring group.

Good luck with your recovery Jonesy.

You Know were to find me Bobby.

Hard to say. Setting the floats doesn't take long at all, maybe an hour give or take for all four carbs, but rebuilding the carb's is another story. I am pretty sure I could do a set in half the time it took me to do mine since mine was somewhat of a learning process not having rebuilt venture carb's prior to this. Carl on the other hand is probably A lot faster at it because he has done few carb's now and most likely has it down to a science by now.

Thanks Wayne but I discovered in windows eight if you highlight the pic click edit it takes you to paint were you can resize it. Downside is it replaces the pic with the resized one were I remember the tool for xp just placed the resized pic beside the original. So I created another folder copied the pics to it and resized them there.

I just finished rebuilding my carbs and decided I wanted to wet set my float levels rather than using the dry setup technique. Good thing too because while doing the settup I discovered one of my new needle and seats was defective, the needle would stick in the seat. sometimes closed and sometimes open. Had this occurred while on the bike I would have had to take it all out again So using an old well cleaned out fire extinguisher modified and fitted with a schrader valve, to supply gas under pressure to the carb I put this setup together. I pressurized it to 3.25 lbs using a small bicycle pump and by the time the float bowl filled the pressure equalized at 2.5 lbs. One last thing to remember,.. put the proper fire extinguisher back in the wall bracket when your done ........Just say'n

I believe I made an error some years ago. I got to thinking how I had some bearing play back then and so I tightened up the bearings using the bounce method. I cannot remember exactly how it went but it was something along the lines where you adjusted the bearings to the point where when you flicked the handle bars it only bounced once off the steering stop once rather than back and forth a couple times. I guess my flick was more of a toss than a flick ( just don't know my own strength sometimes ). Anyway I remember it doing the sway thing at the time and backing the nut off to were it just stopped. When I replaced the E-II's with E-III's the sway came back. I guess it was still too tight. So while on the center stand, I noticed although the steering head moved smoothly it was very tight so I adjusted the bearings to a point of 0 lash but without any perceptible bearing play (almost like a set of wheel bearings minus the .001" bearing lash. and now Ben and bike are Happy campers. PS a visual inspection and fresh grease are forth coming in the near future but for now I believe I am in good shape. .

Turn the steering bars Maybe in a parking lot at a very slow crawl, but above that I,m pretty sure I ride it like a horse and just steer with my legs . As far as leaning goes I have ridden my buddies gold wing a few times and could not even come close to my venture without scrapping.

Solved the problem! I had carb issues and (no I know carbs don't effect steering). As I was saying I had carb issues and ended up rebuilding them. While the bike was down I rechecked the steering head and found the bearing preload was far too tight I backed off the nuts about 1/4 turn. Yesterday after I put the carbs back on I took it for a road burn and had it up to 160km (about 100 mph) and no sway at all, it just sat there rock steady. Going around the curves improved too, it was like it was on rails, were before the bike would try to straighten up while going around a bend.

Getting that old, are you Brad!

And if they really don't know what they are doing find a local knowledgeable member who is willing to help, and put it right. A good many of the members have done their own clutches and many know better what they are doing then some of the bike shops.

About 6 years ago a 2x4 fell on my windshield (don't ask). Any way a nail in the 2x4 put a slight 6 inch scratch in the windshield. I buffed out the windshield with nothing other than Meguiars plastx and it came right out leaving the windsheild looking like new. http://www.meguiars.com/en/automotive/products/g12310-plastx-clear-plastic-cleaner-polish/

Sorry to here such sad news Bob. Condolences to all concerned.

Happy Birthday Minnie. Hope Muffin Man treated you special.

Probably because if a person is going to steal something they want it to start and be able to get away quickly.

I was just sitting here thinking What beautiful weekend this was and how with my bike down it would have been a little depressing. But thanks to you for inviting me to take Scamper and join you for a Saturday afternoon ride I had a great time and so the weekend was not a total loss. Marita also really enjoyed the time she spent with Marca while you and I went off on the bikes. The way she talked on the way home it sounds like they got along really well despite you and me not being there to supervise. I guess its safe to say say that they can be left alone together. Once again think you Carl You have to wonder. With all the forums there are on the web today, I wonder how many go beyond being just a forum and form the types of friendships and bonds this forum has.